A new law regulating septic systems will curb pollution caused by a lack of natural filtration into freshwater bodies, advocates say.

Using drainage-friendly materials like crushed rock rather than hard stone in landscaping also helps to reduce runoff. So, enjoy the benefits of all this fresh water, but use it as a reminder to ...

And all that freshwater runoff could be playing an important role in fueling it, he said. All that runoff pouring into the bays and into the nearshore Gulf carries a cargo of suspended nutrients.

That said, increased freshwater runoff and continued global warming remain threats to the circulation’s stability. The results appear in the journal Science. “I think that sometimes people are ...

As rain and snow fall, rivers transport freshwater runoff along with dissolved organic and particulate materials, including carbon, to coastal areas. With the Arctic now warming nearly four times ...

And then a lot of it roared back, along with plenty of freshwater runoff. Marine waters from the Fort Myers-Cape Coral were pushed several miles upstream, and a dam that typically allows water to ...

The plumes of runoff leaving Southwest Florida in the days after Ian were so large that they could be seen from space. Freshwater plants like duckweed and water hyacinth, normally found in inland ...

Vermont's freshwater lakes have experienced challenges ... that’s something we can work with. But nutrient runoff is a much bigger problem," he said. Vermont has stepped in, with programs ...